2016 - SCHEDULE [ PSU ]
WEEK #01: AUG 26 INTRODUCTION
Course Introduction
Maker Movement | Makerspace, Hackerspace, FabLab
Screening: Maker
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Readings:LINK
​WEEK #02: SEP 02 FIELD TRIP
Learning Factory @ PSU
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Presentations by students, discussions.
02
SEP
09
SEP
Learning
Factory
field trip
PSU
School of Visual Arts
field trip
​WEEK #03: SEP 09 FIELD TRIP
PSU School of Visual Arts - Ceramics Department
Guest Lecturer: Tom Lauerman
​WEEK #04: SEP 16 
Project_01 PastExtruder
Brainstorming.
Preparations. Warming Up.
​WEEK #05: SEP 23 
Project_01 PastExtruder
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Building the frame.
12
MAR
​WEEK #06: SEP 30 
Project_01 PastExtruder
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Electronic Assembly.
​WEEK #07: OCT 07 
Project_01 PastExtruder
Getting our hands dirty. Clay experiments.
Extruding different materials.
​WEEK #08: OCT 14 
Project_01 PastExtruder
Firing.
​WEEK #09: OCT 21 
Project_02 Thermal Selfie Printer:
Hacking the thermal printer: printing larger bitmap images.
Preparations for thermal selfie printing.
​WEEK #10: OCT 28 
Project_02 Thermal Selfie Printer:
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Thermal selfie printing continued.
​WEEK #11: NOV 04 
Project_02 Thermal Selfie Printer:
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Thermal selfie printing continued.
​WEEK #12: NOV 11
Mini Project_01 Conductive Ink
Individual experiments with conductive ink and capacitive sensing.
​WEEK #13: NOV 18 
Mini Project_02 Conductive Thread
Individual experiments with conductive thread and knitting machine.
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Readings:LINK
​WEEK #14: NOV 25 NO CLASS 
Thanksgiving Holiday
​WEEK #15: DEC 09 
Final wrap-up.
Preparations for the exhibition.
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Presentations by students, discussions.
